Dedicated to Improving Lives

University of Mississippi Health Care is a proud part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. We are over 7,000 people who don't have ordinary jobs.We have a mission to deliver world-class medical care for every patient, every day.

The University of Mississippi Medical Center has three missions: education, research and patient care. University of Mississippi Health Care identifies the patient care mission. UMHC is made up of University Hospitals and Health System and University Physicians (the faculty physicians’ practice plan). We are dedicated to improving lives through quality health care, cutting-edge research and education of tomorrow’s health care leaders.

UMHC features the broadest range of specialty care in Mississippi. These services include:

• Children’s cancer clinic;
• a heart station for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease;
• a heart failure clinic;
• Mississippi’s only transplant center with heart, kidney, cornea and bone marrow services;
• a comprehensive stroke unit;
• state-of-the-art radiological imaging systems;
• a sleep disorders laboratory;
• an in vitro fertilization program;
• an interventional MRI; and
• Air Care Service (helicopter transport) across Mississippi.

 

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University Hospitals and Health System

University Hospitals and Health System encompasses specialty hospitals and clinical practice sites across the state of Mississippi. It serves as the 722-bed diagnostic and treatment referral center for the state and is the only Level I trauma center in Mississippi. Inpatient stays total about 27,000 annually with more than 418,000 outpatient and emergency visits every year.

University Hospital

The University Hospital is the flagship hospital of the UMMC campus with 256 beds for adult patient care and includes a critical care facility with specialized intensive care units including medical, cardiac, surgical and neuroscience.

Wiser Hospital for Women & Infants

The Wiser Hospital for Women & Infants offers complete care for women and infants with the only OB/GYN emergency room in the state. The neonatal intensive care unit offers the highest level of care for critically ill infants with the only Level III designation in Mississippi.

Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children

The Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children is the only children’s hospital in Mississippi. Included in the 130-bed facility are areas for physical therapy, infant care, treatment rooms, bone marrow transplantation, a pediatric pharmacy, a children’s surgical suite, a pediatric emergency room and the state’s only pediatric intensive care unit.

University Physicians

The University Medical Pavilion is the practice clinic site for the faculty physicians of UMHC. Most procedures ordered by the physicians can be performed right inside the University Medical Pavilion. The clinics feature a full-service lab; radiology services, including mammography and MRI; a physical therapy room adjacent to the orthopaedics clinic; and cardiology testing, including echocardiograms and cardiac stress testing. Procedures such as bone marrow aspirations, lumbar punctures, endoscopy and minor surgery also are performed at the pavilion.

Jackson Medical Mall

Just one mile west of campus, the Jackson Medical Mall houses several specialty clinics, the UMMC Cancer Institute and the Jackson Heart Study offices.

Holmes County Hospital and Clinics

University Hospitals and Health System’s scope of care reaches out at the community level with the 25-bed University Hospital in Lexington. The Holmes County Long-Term Care Center in Durant provides care for residents of Durant and Holmes County.